CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Special Section on
Contemporary Issues in Power Quality
Power Quality (PQ) is an important characteristic of electric power systems related to customers,
equipment manufacturers, network service providers and the like including regulators. In recent
years, new challenges and opportunities in power quality management have emerged due to
several key developments in power systems. These include: (1) increased penetration of
distributed generation systems such as wind and photovoltaic farms and the need for optimal
utilization of the existing infrastructure; (2) disturbances caused by the proliferation of power
electronic driven loads including the associated distributed nature of harmonic emission and
high frequency concerns; (3) increased capabilities of PQ monitoring devices together with
powerful communication infrastructure such as the availability of GPS time stamped data and
increased data storage capabilities; (4) opportunities for utilizing PQ disturbance data for
advanced power system monitoring such as incipient fault detection and equipment condition
monitoring. These and other developments will no doubt demand improved guidelines and
standards to ensure electromagnetic compatibility in the power system. This special section is
aimed at exchanging thought-provoking novel research outcomes and ideas that will support the
development of future electricity grids from PQ perspectives.
Topics of interest for this issue will include, but not limited to:

Power quality concerns in transmission and distribution networks caused by loads and
distributed energy sources interfaced through power electronic interfaces
Power quality of large scale renewable generating sources: compliance assessment,
standards, propagation, mitigation
Management of power quality: power quality limits, impact of new device/equipment
technologies on emission and immunity limits, development of new installation and
network standards
Power quality data collection, storage, and analysis; indices, reporting and
benchmarking methodologies
Advanced monitoring of power quality and state estimation exploiting the capabilities of
real time data acquisition, synchronized measurement, and gapless recording
Power quality data analytics to extract useful information for the purpose of equipment
condition monitoring such as detection of incipient faults,
Power quality data interchange using IEEE PQDIF, IEEE COMTRADE, IEEE C37.118.1
synchrophasors, IEC 61850, and other smart grid standards
Innovative solutions to real life industry PQ problems
Techno-economic aspects of power quality
Advanced modeling and simulation techniques for power quality studies

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
This special issue solicits original work that must not be under consideration for publication in
other venues. Two-page extended abstracts are solicited for the first round of reviews. Authors
of selected abstracts will be invited to submit the full papers in the second round. The format of
extended abstract is the same as the Power Engineering Letter (PESL). Submit the extended
abstract including a cover letter with author contact information to Guest Co-Editor-in-Chief
Sarath Perera (sarath@uow.edu.au) directly.
Important Dates:
May 31, 2015: Submission of extended abstracts
July 15, 2015: Completion of abstract reviews
September 30: Deadline for full paper submission
January 31, 2016: Final decision
February 29, 2016: Publication material due
Guest Editorial Board
Guest Co-Editors-in-Chief
Sarath Perera, University of Wollongong, Australia
Dan Sabin, Electrotek Concepts Inc., USA
Guest Editors:
Gary Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Mack Grady, Baylor University, USA
Nelson Kagan, University of So Paulo, Brazil
Chester Li, Hydro One Networks Inc., Canada
Igor Papi, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Alfredo Testa, Second University of Naples, Italy